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We sat together with Mercedes-Benz at CES 2018 and they fully introduced us their new infotainment system MBUX (Mercedes-Benz User Experience). This will be the new system for all upcoming Mercedes-Benz cars and they will start this year with the Mercedes-Benz A-Class (W177).

A big change from Mercedes’ older infotainment system is the ability to touch, swipe and pinch-to-zoom on the screen itself. Previous iterations relied either on the voice commands, touch controls on the steering wheel, or a touchpad between the seats. Mercedes deleted the wheel, but kept all of the other ways to control inputs.

MBUX will arrive first on the all-new A-Class when it arrives later this year, but it will also roll out to other new Mercedes vehicles after that. They are starting with the A-Class since it’s the aimed at a younger more connectivity focused demographic, a generation that expects their in-car experience to match what they have on their other mobile device, the smartphone.
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For the new Mercedes-Benz A-Class (2018), Marco Santi has helped to design the completely new infotainment system MBUX. As user experience engineer and voluntary firefighter, Marco is one of the masterminds behind the interface of the future, creating an emotional connection between the vehicle, driver and passengers.

It looks great and progressive but I would sign up for serious auto insurance package with it in my car. It seems extremely distracting. And given all the glitches it twice as distractive as it requires for additional precautions.

Mercedes-Benz User Experience (MBUX), first introduced in the new A-Class (2018), will make your everyday life easier with a high-resolution Widescreen Cockpit with touch screen operation, augmented reality technology and intelligent voice control with natural speech recognition, activated by the keyword “Hey Mercedes”.

This revolution in the cockpit is developed by inhouse R&D Engineers and Designers in Germany and Silicon Valley. Learn more about our Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America team in Sunnyvale, California.

For the new Mercedes-Benz A-Class (2018), Simone Kurek helped to design the completely new MBUX multimedia system. As an interaction designer and cognitive scientist, Simone helped to build the foundation of this interface of the future – an interface designed to create an emotional connection between vehicle, driver and passengers.

Introducing the Mercedes-Benz User Experience (MBUX) as the next-generation voice assistant at the Mobile World Congress 2018. Georges Massing, Director User Interaction & Software at Mercedes-Benz Research & Development, Daimler AG, and Arnd Weil, Senior Vice President & General Manager Nuance Automotive talked about the future of Speech Control in the upcoming A-Class and its Next-Generation Voice Assistant by Mercedes-Benz.

The interface of the new Mercedes-Benz A-Class (2018)* is called Mercedes-Benz User Experience (MBUX) and is completely touch-optimized. Learn more about the new Mercedes-Benz A-Class (2018): https://mercedes-benz.com/a-class

The Mercedes-Benz User Experience (MBUX) can be accessed via the touch-control buttons on the steering wheel, the touchpad and the touchscreen. Everything happens smartly and intuitively, as modern as with a smartphone.